Button-hole piece for boots or shoes



(No Model.)

E.` M. PHELPS, BUTTON HOLE PLEGEl Por; Boo'rs 0R SHOES.

Patented om;i 2z, 1889.

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EUGENE M. PHELPS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

vBUTTON--HOLE PIECE FOR BOOTS ORSHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,607, dated October 22, l1889.

Application filed May 28, 1888. Serial No. 275,314. (No model.)

the accompanying drawings, is a specication.

This improvement relates to button-hole -pieces for boots and shoes, and the nature thereof is hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of material having a button-hole embodying this inand object of this invention, it is premised here that in working button-holes it has been customary heretofore to commence at the small end of the button-hole and go round the button-hole to the point of beginning, and thus produce a series of stitches the loops of which go through the material and inclose the edge of the button -hole. These overseaming stitches begin and terminate at the small end of the button-hole, and, although they are generally secured in some manner by bar threads or otherwise to the material, yet it is common for theseends to become loosened and furr up, presenting an unnished look; and it is the object of this invention in part to providea button-hole free of all liability to furr up at said inner end, or to show any furring; also, to give strength and durability to the button-hole, particularly at the eye or draw end of the same. It also relates to matters of detail in construction, to be more fully described hereinafter.

To this end I take a piece of material having abutton-hole out therein according to the usual and customary' way. The piece represented in Fig. 2 of the accom an in@r drawings is specically designed for use in boots and shoes, and is given simply as a representative form. The edges of the material around each button-hole are inclosed by ordi nary thread-stitches, the loops of which passy through the material and over the edge of the button-hole. The stitching is begun at the eye or draw end of the button-hole. Preferably it is begun on one side of the center of the eye, so that the stitching advances first toward the center. round vthe button-hole to the point of beginning, and thence across the end or arc forming the draw end of the button-hole to a point opposite the starting-point on the other side of lthe said center, overlapping the ends, and thus forming a double row of stitches along the are end of the button-hole. Said stitches It is continued thence are preferably formed with continuous thread, i

there-enforcing or second line of stitches may be formed along the end of the buttonhole with' an independent thread, the essential feature of this modification being to reenforce and strengthen that portion of the arc or end of the button-hole to which strain is applied by the button-shank, and, secondly, to arrange the stitching so that the ends of the thread employed to form the stitches will be in the draw end of the button-hole, so as to be concealed by the button while in use.

The purpose last named is eifectually accomplished Without regard to the employment of a double or re-enforcing line of stitches, and a button-hole made in such manner-that is, surrounded by a continuous line of stitches commencing and terminating at the draw end of the button-hole--possesses one feature of my invention, and in many classes of Work may be sufliciently strong for all purposes; but I prefer in mostcases to use the double or re-enforcing line of stitches across the draw end of the buttonhole.

ln some classes of work it is desirable to IOO further stay and strengthen the button-hole. To this end the bar-cord d is laid around the edge of the button-hole and bound to the material by the said stitching. This bar-cord is carried around the button-hole, and preferably from the eye or draw end of one to the eye or draw end of the next succeeding button-hole. This distributes the strain of the draw ends, and thus strengthens the Whole piece. It is also stronger when lapped or cross-looped at the draw end of the buttonhole, as represented in the drawings. That portion of the stay-cord intermediate the button-holes is tied down to the material by a line of stitching e, which may be Worked into or through the material and over the staycord by hand or by the ordinary niachines for finishing button-hole thi-um ends.

In some cases it is desirable to have the stay-cord confined to the butto n-hole-that is, to have each button-hole surrounded by a separate piece of stay-cord, which commences and terminates in the stitching of the buttonhole.

In all cases I prefer to have the ends of the stay-cord overlapped on each other and tied to the material independently, one end by the overworking stitches and the other by the re-enforcing stitches; but when the line of re-enforcing stitches is not employed both ends of the stay-cord must be bound to the material by the overseaining-threads.

I claim as iny invention-A l. A button-hole piece for boots and shoes in which the ends of the button-holestitches are at the eye or draw end of the buttonhole, substantially as described.

2. A button-hole piece for boots and shoes in which the ends of the button-hole stitches are at the eye or draw end of the button-hole and overlap, substantially as described.

3. A button-hole piece for boots and shoes in which the ends of the button-hole stitches are at the eye or draw end of the button-hole and are combined with a stay-cord the ends of which are also at the eye or draw end of the button-hole and are laid from the said end of one button-hole to that of another, substantially as described.

4. A button-hole piece for boots and shoes in Which the ends of the button-hole stitches are at the eye or draw end of the button-hole and are combined with a stay-cord also overlapping.,r at the eye or draw end of the buttonhole, substantially as described.

5. A button-hole piece for boots and shoes in which the button-hole stitches are at the eye or draw end of the button-holes and are combined With a stay-cord the ends of which are also at the eye or draw end of the buttonhole and are laid from said draw end of one to that of another and are tied down by a line of stitches, substantially as described.

Signed at Lynn this 10th day of March, 1888.

E 'GENE M. PHELPS.

Witnesses:

R. W. THOMSON, C. B. TUTTLE. 

